The national Democratic Party is hoping to take advantage
of President George W.
Bush's
appearance at a fundraiser for his brother's likely presidential
campaign.

The former president is raising
money in Dallas on Wednesday in support of former Florida Gov.
Jeb Bush (R), who is widely expected to be preparing a White
House bid. TheDemocratic National Committee responded
with an online attack ad connecting the two
brothers.

The DNC produced a highlight reel of Jeb Bush heaping praise on
his brother's record. The video is titled "Brotherly Love."

"I'm proud of President Bush for standing for what's right as it
relates to tax policy," Jeb Bush says in one of the clips, which
is dated to 2005. "And we should make the tax cuts permanent!"

DNC spokeswoman Holly Shulman told Business Insider such
statements call into question whether Jeb Bush will truly have a
policy agenda separate from his brother and father, who also
served as president. Addressing this topic in the past, Bush
said, "I am my own man – and my views are shaped by my own
thinking and own experiences."

"His own man? I think not. The Bush economy favors the richest
over the middle class, and on that core agenda there is
absolutely no daylight between Jeb Bush and his brother," Shulman
wrote in an email. "A Jeb Bush presidency would be about looking
out for himself and people like him over the middle class. Sound
familiar? Not only has that been Jeb Bush’s record as governor,
but we know what to expect from a Bush presidency because we’ve
seen it before."

A spokeswoman for Jeb Bush did not immediately return a request
for comment from Business Insider.